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Is it possible to get rid of esophageal cancer forever?
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If localized: If it is detected early enough, then it is possibly curable with endoscopic resection or surgical removal.
Answered 7/8/2012
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Depends on stage: There are 4 stages of esophageal cancer (with a and b subtypes for some). For stage i and iia, the upfront therapy is surgery or esophagectomy. For stage iib or iii, treatment is chemoradiation followed by surgery, or definitive chemoradiation. For stage iv, the treatment is chemotherapy, + /- radiation. The goal for stage i-iii is cure.
Answered 5/16/2016
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